G/TBT/N/ISR/1181  
5 January 2021  
(21-0101) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 3 7347501  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Mattresses 
for cots, cribs, and perambulators and bumpers for children's cots; Babies' cot bumpers; 
(HS: 3924, 392 6, 6302, 6303, 6304, 9403, 9404); (ICS: 97.140, 97.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
SI 1548 part 2 - Children's furniture: Mattresses for perambulators and similar domestic 
articles (5 pages in Hebrew; 28 pages in English);  
SI 1548 part 3 - Children's furniture: Textile child care articles - Babies' cot bumpers - 
Safety requirements and test methods (7 pages in Hebrew; 15 pages in English).  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1548 part 2, to be 
replaced with SI 1548 parts 2 and 3. The major difference between these new drafts and 
the previous edition is that the old standard's scope is divided into two parts as follows:  
• SI 1548 part 2 appl ies to babies' cot bumpers and adopts the European Standard 
EN 16780: August 2018.  
In addition, it requires that the product warnings will appear in Hebrew as detailed 
in the new normative Annex D;  
• SI 1548 part 3 applies to Mattresses for perambulators and  similar domestic 
articles and adopts the British Standard BS 1877 -10: 2011 + A1: 2012 with a few 
national changes and national deviations as follows:  
o Changes the standard's scope (Section 1) to apply only to mattresses and 
bumpers intended for babies and  toddlers, such as changing mats and 
pads for changing units that are not part of the unit. In addition, the 
Hebrew section excludes children's cots, cot beds, bumpers, carrycots, 
cribs, and Moses baskets from the standard's scope;  
This standard does not a pply to the following:  G/TBT/N/ISR/1181  
 
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  ▪ Mattresses for cots and cribs covered by SI 1548 part 1 (has not 
published yet);  
▪ Babies' cot bumpers  covered by SI 1548 part 2 (has not published 
yet); 
▪ Changing pads and changing surfaces, that are an integral part 
of the changing u nit covered by SI 5115;  
▪ Disposable changing pads and changing surfaces.  
o Changes the standard's normative references (Section 2);  
o Adds before sub -section 4.3.1 a paragraph requiring that 
the mattress'  structure  as specified below, or alternatively, any mate rial 
of the core of the mattress is made from, will meet the requirements of 
Israeli standard applying such as SI 447 for foam rubber latex or SI   518 
for foamed polyurethane and the SI 1229 Part 1 for rigid foamed plastic, 
except for the sections dealing with color and reaction to fire;  
o Adds to Section 4.4 the following requirements:  
▪ Cover fabrics for changing pads and changing surfaces shall 
comply with  BS EN 14976 or SI 278;  
▪ In products coated with soft PVC, the phthalates content shall 
comply with the European Standard EN 14372.  
o Deletes section 5.4 dealing with the bumpers' construction;  
o Deletes sub -sections 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 dealing with few dimensions aspects 
of the mattresses;  
o Replaces and translates   few marking requirements appearing in 
section  7; 
o Changes and translates a packaging requirement appearing in section 8;  
o Adds a new section 9 dealing with resistance to ignition and refers to 
Israel Mandatory Standard SI 5418 for test method for low risk and very 
low-risk level;  
o Adds a new Anne x A (informative) with translation to Arabic of the 
warnings.  
Both the old standard and the new revised standards will apply from entry into force of 
the revision for a period of 6 months. During this time, products may be tested according 
to the old or th e new revised standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1548 part 2 (Draft revision of SI 1548);  
• European Standard EN 16780: August 2018;  
• British Standard BS 1877 -10: 2011 + A1: 2012.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally, 60 days after publication in Israel 
Official Gazette, Section of Government Notices.  
Both the old standard and the new revised standards will apply from entry into force of 
the revision for a period of 6 months. During this time, products may be tested 
according to the old or the new revised standards.  
10. Final date f or comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ISR/1181  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ISR/21_0125_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/ISR/21_0125_01_x.pdf